Showing posts with label future. Show all posts
Showing posts with label future. Show all posts

Sunday, August 7, 2011

To the edge of our galaxy

It is possible to travel 500+ light years in 80 years. And you don't need to travel faster than light. Stephen Hawking mentioned the possibility at the end of his article.

Here's how

Use a giant rocket. It needs to carry rocket fuel for 6 years of accelerating. After the 6 years, you would travel at 99% of the speed of light. You would be moving very fast in space. You would be moving less in time. Your clock would go slower than clocks on Earth.